Carboy-supporting device



W. G. SEABOLD CARBOY SUPPORT ING DEVICE Nov. 3, 1925.

Filed Dec. 22, 1922 jm/nfor W 6 JEABOLD Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATE S PATENT OFFICE. 1

'WAETEB G. SEABOLD, 0F ALTON". ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB '10 ILLINOIS GLASS COHPANY,

OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, LOOBPOBA'IIQH OI IILHI'OIS.

OAB-BOY-SUPPbB'I'ING IDEVIGI.

Application med December '22, 1922. Serial li o. 8,447.

will appear before said carboy has been en- To all whom it may 00mm: 7

Be it known that I, WALTER G. Smnom, a citizen of the United States, aresident of Alton, in the county of Madison and. State of Illinois,-haveinvented certain'new and useful Improvements in Carboy-SupportinDevices, of which the following is a ful clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates generally to carboy supporting devices, andparticularly to a carboy-supporting device which will permit of saidcarboy being transported from place to place and which is so arrangedthat said carboy may be easily tilted to empty its contents.

Prior to this invention the handling of a carboy containing liquid was,because of its weight, an extremely difficult task, and the object ofthe present invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive carryingdevice which may be readily moved from place to place and by the use ofwhich a carboy may be lifted from the floor and pivotally supported inan elevated position, whereby said carboy may be easily tilted to emptyall or a portion of the contents therefrom.

A further object of my invention is to produce acarboy-supporting deviceof the ole ss briefly described above which is adjustably arranged sothat said supporting device may be used in connection with carboys ofvarious dimensions.

Withthe foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprises thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawingswherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the, invention. However, itis to be understood that the invention com- 'prehends changes,variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

Fig. I- is a perspective view of my improved carboy-supporting device.

Fig. II is a perspective view showing my improved carboy-supportingdevice in use with a carboy supported thereby.

Fig. III is a side elevation of my carboysupporting device showing sameas it will appear when a carboy is supported thereby, acarboy and theliftin mechanism of my device being shown by otted lines as they -7atithe upper ends thereof is a lifting V. is an enlarged section on lineusual type commonly usedto contain acids or other liquids. The carboy Ais located with n a case B, which is also of the ordinarytype, saidcases usually being made of wood and being intended to prevent theaccidental breaking of the carboys. Each of the'fcases B is providedwith a pair of oppositely disposed apertures C formed through walls ofsaid case, the utility of which will be subsequently set forth.

My improved supporting device comprises a base portion 1 which whenassembled'is comparatively U-shaped in plan and comprises a pair ofL-shaped members 2. Each L-shaped member 2 may be either formed of asinglepiece of material or each of said members may be made up of aplurality of sections secured together. The rear legs'of the associatedL-shaped members 2 are located adjacent to each other and each of saidrear legs is provided with a pair of slots 3,

the slots 3 in the rear leg of one of the L- shaped members 2 being inregistration with been properly adjusted said members would be held inthe desired positions by tightening the wing nuts 5.

Extending upwardly from the side leg of each of the L-shaped members 2is a support 6 comprising an upright member 7 secured to the L-shapedmember 2 and extending upwardly therefrom, and a pair of braces 8, eachof said braces being secured to the associated L-shaped member 2 and tothe associated upright member 7 in a manner to give said upright memberadditional rigidity.

Pivotally secured to the upright menlibers ever 9, said lifting leverbeing, like the ass 1, approximately U-shaped in plan. Located at theend of each side portion of the U-shaped liftin lever 9, and extendinginwardly there rom, is a pin 10.

My improved carboy-supporting. devlce 1s mounted on small wheels orcasters 11 whereby said device maybe easily moved from place to place,said casters'bemg secured 1n any convenient manner to the L-shapedmembers of the base portion 1.

To prevent'the ends of the U-shaped base portion from spreading underthe welght of a supported carboy I employ-a chain or sunilar connectingdevice 12, one end of said chain being secured to an end of one of theL-shaped members 2 of said base portlon 1 and the other end of saidchain being adapted to be attached to a hook 13 at the end of the otherL-shaped member of said base portion. 1 The operation of my device is asfollows: Assume that a carboy is resting upon the floor as indicated bybroken lines in Fig. III, and it is desired to lift said carboy from thefloor for the purpose of transporting-same from place to place or totilt said carboy to empty a portion of the contents therefrom. The chain12 of the supporting device is detached from the hook 13, and saidsupporting device is moved to a osition where the carboy is locatedpartially within the U-shaped base portion 1. Before the supportingdevice may be moved to its operating position where the carboy isbetween the end portion of the U-shaped liftin lever'"9,"sa1d andportions-must be sprea apart, as otherwise the inwardly extending pins10 would strike the carboy case, and for this reason I have constructedsaid U-shaped lever of material having sufficient resiliency to permitthe spreading mentioned'and which will insure the return of said endportions to their original positions after the outward pressure isremoved. It is plain, therefore, that the spreading of the end portionsof the U-shaped lever 9 will permit the supporting device to be moved toa position where the carboy case B is located between the end portionsof the v U-shaped lever 9, and it is then only necessary to move thesupporting device in a direction toward the carboy case until the pins10 enter the aperture C" in said carboy case B. After the carboy caseand the supporting device have been brought into such relative positionsthat thepins 10 are'e'xtended into the apertures C, it is then onlynecessa to depress the outer end of the pivoted U-s sped lever 9 toraise said carboy case from the floor.

said U-shape To retain the outer end of the. U-shaped lever 9 in alowered position, I employ a sprin 'catch 14 which is secured to therear leg 0 one of 'the Lc-shaped members 2, said spring catch 14 beingso sha ed that it will.

snap over the end of said -shaped lever when said U-shaped lever reachesthe proper position and hold said lever immovable until said springcatch is released.

It is apparent that when the carboy case is in the position illustratedin Fig. III, said su porting device may be moved freely from p ace toplace, and as said carboy case is pivotally supported byYthe pins 10said carboy. case may be easilytilted to empty all or a portionof thecontents therefrom. It is, of course, apparent that the slots 3 in therear legs of the L-shaped members 2 and the bolts 4 which passtherethrough permit the device to be used with various sized carboycases, the U-shaped lever 9 having suflicient resiliency to expand orcontract a like amount.

If desired the U-shaped lever 9 may also be formed of a plurality ofparts adjustable relative to each other.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting a carboy contained within a case, comprisin aU-shaped base including a pair of mem ers'capable of sliding movementrelative to each other whereby the width of said base may be increasedor decreased, a flexible connecting member attached to the ends of said.U- shaped base, and a member pivotally supported by said base, saidmember being adapted to pivotally engage said carboy case whereby saidcarboy case may be moved to an elevated position.

2-. A device for supporting a carboy contained within a case, comprisinga U-shaped base including a pair of members capable of slidin movementrelative to each other where y the width of said base may be increasedor decreased, a U-shaped member pivotally supported by said U-shapedbase,

member being provided with pivots adapted to extend into apertures inwalls of sald carboy boy case may be pivotally supported in an elevatedposition by said pivoted member. and a sprlng catch secured to saidU-shaped base adapted to engage said U-shaped pivoted member wherebysaid carboycase is retained in said elevated position.

case whereby said car-- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I I

